Toll exemption for small vehicles and state transport buses, offered by a few state governments, is emerging as one of the major risks for road developers, particularly working on the state-led build operate transfer … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court division bench of justices AS Oka and Riyaz Chagka, on June 26, 2018, warned that it will not accept any excuses from the Maharashtra government on any breach of noise … READ FULL STORY
Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab, on June 20, 2018, accused the Maharashtra government of overlooking the objections raised by corporators and other elected representatives, regarding the Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2034. The BJP-led state … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government has said that it would add an additional clause to the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act’s existing clause 79(d), for not allowing civic land to be given away at concessional rates. The … READ FULL STORY
Land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project is facing opposition from farmers in Gujarat, with villagers not allowing the joint measurement survey to take place in many places. Farmer leaders are demanding that … READ FULL STORY
Maharashtra’s real estate regulator MahaRERA chief Gautam Chatterjee, while welcoming the central government’s decision to empower home buyers by giving them the status of financial creditors under the bankruptcy law, however, added that the … READ FULL STORY
Amidst protests from activists and residents over its proposal to build a metro car shed in Aarey Colony, the Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court, on June 15, 2018 that the construction work … READ FULL STORY
Ponds, ambulances, solar street lights and doctors, are some of the demands that villagers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district want met, before they give their nod to the government’s ambitious bullet train project, say officials. … READ FULL STORY
The chairman of Dubai-based MBM Group, has shown his willingness to support the Dharavi slum redevelopment project, apart from other urban infrastructure initiatives of the state government, a release issued by the chief minister’s … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government, on June 4, 2018, told the Bombay High Court that it has recorded the decibel levels at three spots where construction work for the Metro III line is underway and has … READ FULL STORY
Mumbai-based activist Zoru Bhatena has moved the Bombay High Court, seeking directions that the city’s civic body be restrained from carrying out itself, or allowing residents to undertake ‘trimming’ and ‘hacking’ of trees. In … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government has come out with guidelines to avoid a delay in the construction of bridges, due to a lengthy land acquisition process. According to a recently-issued government resolution (GR), the Public Works … READ FULL STORY
The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA), which is meant to safeguard the rights of the home buyers and provide speedy redressals, has faced significant hurdles in its own implementation, ever since … READ FULL STORY
